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DOS
(dŏs, dôs)n.
Any of a family of operating systems that use command lines and were originally developed for personal computers made by IBM.
[d(isk) o(perating) s(ystem).]
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DOS
(dɒs)n acronym for
(Computer Science) disk-operating system, often prefixed, as in MS-DOS and PC-DOS; a computer operating system
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DOS
(dɔs, dɒs)n.
an operating system for microcomputers.
[d(isk)o(perating)s(ystem)]
DOS
Department of State.
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| Noun | 1. | DoS - the federal department in the United States that sets and maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was created in 1789" executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States Foggy Bottom - United States Department of State, which is housed in a building in a low-lying area of Washington near the Potomac River Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DS - the bureau in the State Department that is responsible for the security of diplomats and embassies overseas Foreign Service - the part of the State Department that supplies diplomats for the United States embassies and consulates around the world Bureau of Intelligence and Research, INR - an agency that is the primary source in the State Department for interpretive analyses of global developments and focal point for policy issues and activities of the Intelligence Community |
| 2. | DOS - an operating system that is on a disk operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
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